Three Khabarovsk residents gave about 7 million rubles to fraudsters.

The police in Khabarovsk are conducting a check on several facts of fraud. The victims lost about 7 million rubles.

A 66-year-old man reported the crime in the Zheleznodorozhny district. He received a message allegedly from a former employer informing him of an upcoming call from a "special services employee." Later, the interlocutor stated that the pensioner was suspected of fraud, and therefore he allegedly needed to declare all his property and transfer his savings to a secure account. The victim lost 3.12 million rubles, writes IA AmurMedia.

In the First microdistrict, fraudsters convinced a 74-year-old pensioner that she needed to clarify her work experience and to do this, join the electronic queue by calling the code from an SMS message. Then the scammers forced the woman to transfer 980 thousand rubles to a "secure" account.

Another victim of fraud was a 47-year-old doctor. The criminals contacted his 19-year-old son and convinced him that his parents' savings were at risk. The young man transferred about 3 million rubles to outside accounts.

A criminal case has been opened on each fact.

In St. Petersburg, fraudsters swindled more than 10 million rubles from a 94-year-old veteran of the Great Patriotic War. The scammers convinced the man that he needed to transfer the savings allegedly for declaration.